Car, Truck Collision Kills 2 In Jupiter

JUPITER — A Connecticut couple died Wednesday morning after their car collided with a truck at Federal Highway and County Line Road, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said the driver of the car, John E. Barber, 65, died instantly in the crash at 10:52 a.m. His wife, Irene, 61, died in the emergency room of Jupiter Hospital, they said.

They were from Winstead, Conn., troopers said.

The driver of the truck, Raymond Lyman Hedden, 20, of the 200 block of Southeast First Avenue, Delray Beach, suffered minor injuries, troopers said. He was treated at the hospital and discharged.

No charges have been filed against him, troopers said.

Troopers said Hedden`s truck was southbound on Federal Highway and struck the car as it turned onto the highway from County Line Road. Witnesses said the truck had run a redlight at the intersection, troopers said.